The COVID-19 pandemic payment for part time workers is going to be reduced by the government.
Cabinet Ministers will tomorrow extend the emergency payments for a number of months.
Those who were working full time but lost their jobs will remain on the €350 rate.
But Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed there will be a reduction for part time workers.
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He said: "It will be extended for months not weeks."
"Nobody who was working full-time before the pandemic will see their unemployment payment cut, it will stay at the €350 a week.
"Some people who were working part-time will see their payment reduced, but their weekly payment will still be more than they were earning on a weekly basis before the pandemic.
